UM sweeps ACC women's hoops honors

CORAL GABLES — Things didn't go so well for the Miami women's basketball team Sunday afternoon. The 93-78 loss to Florida State will do that.

But that didn't keep UM from sweeping the weekly ACC awards handed out Monday afternoon. Morgan Stroman was named league player of the week, while Keyona Hayes picked up rookie of the week honors.

Stroman had a 24-point and career-high 16-rebound performance in a 62-46 whipping of Clemson on Thursday. She also led UM with 16 points in the loss to Florida State to earn her first ACC honor since being named rookie of the week in January of 2010. Stroman is the team's leading scorer and rebounder averaging 13.0 points and 8.6 boards a game. Her career-high 28 points came in a buzzer-beater loss to North Carolina on Jan. 27.

Hayes averaged a double-double in the two games with 12 points and 10 rebounds at Clemson headlining her week.

Miami (16-8, 7-6 ACC) did not receive votes in the AP poll released Monday after spending most of the season on the fringe. The Hurricanes have lost three of the last five, but they will have a full seven days before playing its next game. Boston College comes to the BankUnited Center at 2:05 p.m. Sunday in a crucial ACC game.

Before hosting No. 5 Duke, the next three UM opponents have losing records in ACC play. Miami has work to do if it hopes to make the NCAA field. It earned No. 3 seeds in each of the past two seasons.